BSAVA Companion - 2024, 12, December

A PDF of the full December Companion

Keynote speaker announced for BSAVA Congress+EXPO25; Submit your VN case reports; New manuscript submission system for JSAP; Could you be the next JSAP Editor?

  Ariel the six-legged Spaniel puppy achieved fame after being found abandoned in a car park in Pembroke in September 2023 and taken in by Greenacres Rescue Centre. The clinical case was covered in the May 2024 edition of Companion. This article by veterinary physiotherapist Rosie Dymond, focuses on the rehabilitation treatment Ariel received at the SMART Veterinary Clinic in Wales.

 Ross Bond and collaborators Jonna Juhola, Erin Brennan, Ewan Ferguson, Anette Loeffler, Anke Hendricks and Sian-Marie Frosini from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London have been awarded BSAVA PetSavers funding to study fungal dysbiosis following potent antibacterial monotherapy in canine otitis externa.

  Veterinary surgeon James Glass speaks candidly about his challenging mental health experiences, his road to recovery and his subsequent PhD research into a better understanding of suicidal thinking and the suicide risk in the veterinary professions.

The neurology module at next year’s Congress and Expo will bring a fresh take on the challenges of diagnosing neurological disease in practice, particularly where the patient may not show the signs in your clinic that the owners are seeing at home.

BSAVA has gone from strength-to-strength thanks in no small part to the admirable efforts of its energetic volunteering community. This month we would like to focus on some of the vet nurses who step-up to volunteer for BSAVA. John Bonner tells us more…

  VetJoy is a mental well-being hub for veterinary professionals that offers resources to support their mental health, diversity, equity and inclusion. UK FECAVA Director Patricia Colville tells us more…

 Gerry Polton was this year’s winner of the BSAVA Woodrow prize and talks here with John Bonner about his career progression and the contributions he has made to the treatment of oncology patients.

A calendar of forthcoming online and in-person events.

Welcome to the Companion Christmas quiz! Test your reindeer bone knowledge by taking the Kahoot quiz. Just scan the QR code to get started. Answers to the quiz are available in the BSAVA Library at: https://tinyurl.com/CompXmas24.

Article abstracts from the latest issue of JSAP.

  Vet Sustain Director Zoë Halfacree is recognized as an RCVS and EBVS specialist in Smal Animal Surgery. Zoë has worked in academia and private practice and is a passionate advocate for sustainability, both within education and our daily clinical practices. Here she focuses on ecoanxiety and explores how we can transform fear into hope when considering the damaging effects of climate change.

  BSAVA Scientific Editor Lizzie Croose reports on a recent artificial intelligence webinar organized by the Royal Society of Medicine.